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Offline Madhatter

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1/72 JASDF F-35X
« on: March 08, 2019, 03:46:23 PM »
hey guys

I have been playing around with this F-35 for a few weeks now in between another project I have been tinkering on which will also soon be finished.
I've often thought the F-35 was pretty ugly and so decided that I may have to do something about that. I'm not sure it's as pretty as it could be, but I am happy with it

I've reversed the wings and made them out of sheet styrene. I added some canards because canards are cool and reversed the tail fins I also added some body panels which you can't really see under the paint. The decals are from an F-15 kit I had lying around except the roundels which I painted on

It was just a fun project to help try lift my stymied modelling mood of late.

Anyways, tell me what you think - good or bad



















thanks for looking guys
Si
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Offline andonio64

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Re: 1/72 JASDF F-35X
« Reply #1 on: March 08, 2019, 05:23:36 PM »
Madhatter, I like this a lot, everything adds an aggressive look to the plane, only the reversed fins in my opinion "slow" down a bit the overall design!

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Offline Some Duck with an Ultimax

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Re: 1/72 JASDF F-35X
« Reply #2 on: March 08, 2019, 06:31:01 PM »
Im uncertain of the best words to describe my impression of this....

I think ‘bloody awesome’ would fit.
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Offline LemonJello

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Re: 1/72 JASDF F-35X
« Reply #3 on: March 08, 2019, 10:10:42 PM »
Do you have any "Modifications In-Progress" shots, especially of the wing reversal?  I have a couple 1/48 forward swept wing projects rattling around in my head and any insight you can provide to how you did it would be greatly appreciated.

Other than that, all I can say is, "That sound you hear is my jaw hitting the floor."

Well done.
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Offline ed s

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Re: 1/72 JASDF F-35X
« Reply #4 on: March 08, 2019, 10:23:41 PM »
That is a beauty!!!!
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Offline Kerick

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Re: 1/72 JASDF F-35X
« Reply #5 on: March 09, 2019, 12:11:51 AM »
Very appropriate you choose JASDF markings. It looks like it’s right out of an anime movie! Beautiful work
« Last Edit: March 09, 2019, 09:32:39 AM by kerick »
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Re: 1/72 JASDF F-35X
« Reply #6 on: March 09, 2019, 03:35:27 AM »
Well, that's different. :smiley:
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Offline Aeroplanedriver

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Re: 1/72 JASDF F-35X
« Reply #7 on: March 09, 2019, 03:40:14 AM »
Love it!  Weapons fit seems a tad out of date though.  Love the paint scheme. 
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Re: 1/72 JASDF F-35X
« Reply #8 on: March 09, 2019, 09:10:40 AM »
Snazzy paint scheme plus forward swept wings.  A very good combination. 
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Offline Robomog

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Re: 1/72 JASDF F-35X
« Reply #9 on: March 09, 2019, 10:31:48 AM »
Works for me, impressive camouflage !


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Offline elmayerle

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Re: 1/72 JASDF F-35X
« Reply #10 on: March 09, 2019, 01:09:06 PM »
Quote from: kerick on March 09, 2019, 12:11:51 AM
Very appropriate you choose JASDF markings. It looks like it’s right out of an anime movie! Beautiful work
I agree with this.  I'd reckon the only changes I could see would be to replace the Sidewinders with AAM-3 or AAM-5 missiles and the Sparrows with AAM-4 missiles to stay with existing JASDF stock.
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Offline Kerick

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Re: 1/72 JASDF F-35X
« Reply #11 on: March 09, 2019, 01:52:28 PM »
How did you do the white stripping?
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Offline Madhatter

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Re: 1/72 JASDF F-35X
« Reply #12 on: March 09, 2019, 01:57:26 PM »
Thanks everyone for the kind posts
Yeah, I only had the missiles attached in my inventory in 72nd scale so I had to use those.  Plus, I have no idea what the JASDF use on their fighters
Sorry I didn't take any WIP shots as this was just meant to be a no additional effort required build. I just cut the wing at the angle I wanted and made some wing panels from there.  In hind sight, I would have spent more time thinning the trailing edges though
The white edging was done with 2mm tape strips and 5 on the control surfaces
« Last Edit: March 09, 2019, 09:32:26 PM by Madhatter »
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Offline FAAMAN

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Re: 1/72 JASDF F-35X
« Reply #13 on: March 09, 2019, 06:24:16 PM »
Dislike the F-35 immensely, love your F-35  :-* :-* :-* just awesome work  8) 8) 8)
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Offline finsrin

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Re: 1/72 JASDF F-35X
« Reply #14 on: March 09, 2019, 07:34:50 PM »
Bang up super creative version of F-35 including color scheme.  Way cool.  8)
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Offline Old Wombat

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Re: 1/72 JASDF F-35X
« Reply #15 on: March 11, 2019, 04:26:27 PM »
Man, that's SWEET! 8)

Love the mod's. Love the colour scheme.  :-*
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